#E9A960#E9A960

#E9A960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.117 H 68.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9A960
RGB	rgb(233, 169, 96)
HSL	hsl(32, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(32, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.5%, 58.8%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 15.88, 46.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 49.06, 71.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.09% 0.0435 0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(78.09% 0.117 68.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.9065, 46.5479, 17.4202)
Luminance	0.4654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9A960 #60A0E9

analogous

#E96560 #E9A960 #E5E960

triadic

#E9A960 #60E9A9 #A960E9

tetradic

#E9A960 #60E965 #60A0E9 #E960E5

square

#E9A960 #60E965 #60A0E9 #E960E5

split-complementary

#E9A960 #60E5E9 #6560E9

monochromatic

#B56C19 #E28C2A #E9A960 #F0C696 #F8E3CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E9A960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#E9A960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9A960

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9A960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9A960	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAD59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9a960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 169, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.117 68.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c28f',
    500: '#e9a960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9a960;
$custom-light: #f4c28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9a960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.971,
    "s": 75.691,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78087,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 68.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9A960

secondary

#BBD1EA

accent

#6CD80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9A960

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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